单词 | to cry for |
释义 | > as lemmasto cry for —— to cry for —— To beg or call for loudly and imploringly, or with tears; figurative to be in pressing need of, to demand in the name of justice (see above 2c). ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > demand or call out for (some action) challenge1577 to cry for ——1581 claima1616 crya1616 scream1906 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9610 All þat sco wald for cri or call. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 159 If ye shew a child an apple, he will crye for it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 137 Some swearing, some crying for a Surgean. View more context for this quotation 1860 T. Martin tr. Horace Odes 96 The toilworn wretch who cries for ease. < as lemmas |
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